the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 2312 and the nays are 190. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is adopted.

ms. lesko: mr. speaker, i call for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? gomp govern as the member designated by mr. welch of vote, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform

the house that mr. welch will h.r. 1129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. courtney: as the member designated by ms. hayes, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. house ll vote yes on

resolution 1129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congresswoman napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on house resolution 129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? mrs. dingell: as the member designated by by ms. tlaib pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. tlaib will vote aye on house resolution 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by by ms. frankel pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on h.res. 1129. as the member designated by ms. pingree, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. pingree will vote yes on h.res. 1129. as the member designated by ms. 965, i rsuant to h.res. inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on h.res. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.res. 129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by mr. pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house mr. pocan will vote aye on house resolution 1129. as the member designated by ms. jayapal of washington, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will vote aye on house resolution 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. l inch eu, i inform the house mr. lieu will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal pursuant to house res. like 965, mr. lowenthal will vote yes. as the member designated by ms. moore pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. moore 1125.ote yes on h.res.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: as the member designated by mr. lawson, i informto h.res. 96 , the house that mr. lawson will vote yeah on the resolution. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by ms. wilson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 965, ms. wilson will vote yes on

h.res. 1129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative lowey, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the lowey will entative vote yes on h.res. 1129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform grijalva will vote yea on h.res. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by -- ms. speier, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. speier will vote yes on house resolution

129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by ms. music car sell powell, pursuant to h.res. 965, mismusic cars ell powell, will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. hastings. and mr. speaker as as the member designated by by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. h.res. ll vote yea on 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard will be voting aye on house resolution 1129. tifment for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by mr. mceachin and

pursuant to house resolution 965, mr. mceachin will vote yes. as the member designated by ms. porter pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. port irwill vote yes on h.r. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by representative fgren pursuant to h h.res. 65, i inform the house as the member designated by congressman serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yes on h.r. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lipinski, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will vote yes on h.res. 1129. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good afternoon, mr. speaker. as the member designated by honorable mr. james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on house resolution 447, the clean jobs

act, h.r. 627, 0 the uighur forced labor disclosure act of 2020, and h.r. 2319, the continuing appropriations act, 2021, and other extensions act. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from kansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. kim, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. kim will vote aye on h.res. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member

designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on h.res. 1129.

>> for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative kirkpatrick,

pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote aye on h.r. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. fudge: as the member designated by mr. richmond of louisiana, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. richmond will vote yes on h.res. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by ms. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. watson coleman will vote yes on h.r. 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. huffman, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote yes on helps 1129.es.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek

recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. chu of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. chu will vote yes on house resolution 1129.

the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 229. the nays are 187. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. mcnerney, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 451, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: h.r. 451, a bill to repeal the section of the middle class tax relief and jobs act of 2012 that requires the federal

communications commission to reallocate and auction the t-band spectrum. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member

designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. huffman, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. huffman will vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. chu of california, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. chu will vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative kirkpatrick, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that representative kirkpatrick will vote aye on h.r. 451.

>> for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by ms. jayapal of washington, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will be voting aye on h.r. 451. as the member designated by mr. pocan of wisconsin, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. pocan will vote aye on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on h.r. 451. as the member designated by mr. low wan that'll, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.r. 451. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio seek recognition? ms. fudge: as the member designated by mr. richmond of louisiana, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. richmond will vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. rashida tlaib, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. tlaib will vote aye on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofgren, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman lofgren will vote aye on h.r. 451. mr. jeffries: as the member designated by congressman jose serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano ill vote aye on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cooper: as the member designated by mr. lipinski pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. lipinski will ote yes on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

ms. wilson of florida, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady florida seek recognition? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by ms. music car sell powell pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house mismusica sell powell will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. hastings of florida, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. hastings will vote yea. as the member designated by mr. payne of new jersey, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. pape will vote yea on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. neal: good afternoon, madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. langevin of rhode island, i inform the house mr. langevin will vote yes on .r. 451 the don't break up the t-band act of 2020. thank you. tifment for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. roybal-allard, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard will vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady kansas seek recognition? dadse as the member designated by mr. kim, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. kim will vote aye on h.r. 451. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? mr. courtney: as the member hayes ed by by ms. pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. hayes will vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? gomp govern as the member designated by mr. welch of vermont, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote yes on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for

what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. tonko: as the member designated by mrs. lowey, pursuant to h.res. 65, i inform the house that representative lowey will vote aye on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by ms. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. watson coleman will vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform

the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on h.r. 451. as the member designated by ms. to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h.r. 451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? madam speaker, as the member designated by congresswoman napolitano, pursuant to house resolution that inform the house congresswoman napolitano will vote yes on h.r. 451. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for the gentleladyes from pennsylvania seek recognition? ms. scanlon: as the member designated by ms. speier, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that ms. vote yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts recognition? ms. clark: madam speaker, as the ember designated by ms. franke frankel, pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. on h.r. ill vote yes 451. as the member designated by ms. pursuant to h.res. 965, i inform the house that ms. yes on h.r. vote 451. and as the member designated by meng, pursuant to h.res.

965, i inform the house that ms. yes on h.r. 451.

the speaker pro tempore: all members voted.

the speaker pro tempore: on this 410.the yeas are the nays are five. 2/3 having responded in the are mative, the rules suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: pursuant to h.res. 1129, i call up h.r. 4447. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: a bill to establish a energy storage and micro grid grant and technical assistance program. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 1129 in lieu of amendment of the substitute printed in the bill, in the amendment in the nature of a substitute in rules committee print 116-63 modified by the amendment printed in part a of house report 116-528 is

adopted and the bill as amended is considered read. the bill as amended shall be debatable for 90 minutes equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member on the committee of energy and commerce and chair and ranking minority member on the committee of space, science and technology. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone, the gentleman from michigan, mr. up ton, the ntlelady from texas, ms. johnson, and the gentleman from are ma mr. lucas recognized for 22 1/2 minimums. mr. pallone: i ask unanimous consent that members may include extraneous material on the clean economy jobs and innovation act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pallone: i yield myself such

time as i may consume. i rise in strong support of the clean economy jobs and innovation act. this bill is a comprehensive package that will spur clean energy innovation, electrify our transportation sector and make homes and businesses more energy efficient and modernize our electric grid. the clean economy jobs and innovation act has clean energy policies that are possible for us to achieve this year. this legislation lays the groundwork for important climate policy. the main goal of this energy package is to move provisions that we believe have a chance after negotiations with the senator. senators mur could you ki and manchin have been working on their own energy package in the senate. h.r. 4447 sets standards for buildings and funds grants to local communities for more efficient schools, homes and

municipal buildings. this is an inexpensive way to save money for businesses and it has broad support. this legislation supports the development and deployment of clean, renewable and distributeable resources which are crucial to reducing our dependency on fossil fuels and the projects needed to move clean energy around the country. rior to the covid-19 pandemic, the clean energy sector was booming. as of january, more than three million americans were employed in these jobs. it's critical that the cleep energy recover from the same momentum to secure america's clean energy leadership. these investments will result in new good paying american jobs. every million dollars invested produces seven to eight jobs, roughly three times as money as investment in fossil fuels.

and the transition to a clean energy future depends upon upgrading our transportation infrastructure to support and encourage the adoption of electric vehicles. this legislation invests more than $36 billion to help speed up the electric try fix of our transportation sector and make them an option for communities. and authorizes for clean school buses and electric charging projects. madam speaker, this legislation addresses environmental justice by establishing and re-authorizing grant programs for impacted programs to better participate in the environmental decisions in their back yard. it increases information sharing so communities can be better informed about the risks in their neighborhoods and updates the civil rights act of 1964 to increase opportunities for legal relief. this is a critical start to addressing the disproportionate

burden faced by communities around the nation. this legislation includes a critical bipartisan provision that phases out the use of hydro flowero cash bons and has strong support on both sides of the aisle. the entire heating and cooling industry and cham beer of commerce and national association of manufacturers. one of the most important steps we can create to make jobs and boost our competitiveness. i just want to close by thanking . e subcommittee chairman rush and many were passed with strong bipartisan support. and i thank eddie berne neice johnson and representative grijalva and tom o'halleran. i encourage my colleagues to support this legislation that

will create jobs and take positive sfeps towards addressing the climate crisis. and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: i yield myself a minute and a half. i would join my colleague to express my disappointment in how this bill came together without regular order and ignoring input from any republican. this is not the way to get things done in divided government, signed into law and the statement that the white house submitted opposing the bill makes that very, very clear. i'm disappointed because we have the opportunity to do things the right way on the committee through bipartisanship. but unform our tradition of bipartisanship in favor of a messaging bill in election year politics took the step forward.

instead of working through the rough issues and reporting a bill we can be proud of, they cobbled together a wish list business. they drafted it behind closed doors and didn't release it for members to see until the very last minute. just now they had to introduce a new manager's amendment to make the final corrections and add the new language. we offered a lot of amendments to improve the bill but the rules committee did not allow such things to happen. to invest in clean energy will not get a debate. my amendment to re-authorize the pipeline safety program and strengthen our work force, pipeline safety which expired a year ago increasing the number of spptors was rejected. i have a number of concerns about the underlying bill and many of the democratic amendments which are likely to pass but i share the concern that h.r. 4447 will lead to

higher energy costs and discourage innovation and lead to fewer choices for consumers when it comes to home heating appliances and energy providers and will encourage priff louis lawsuits. give myself another 10 seconds. and lead to permitting delays and even more mandates and regulations. after we rebuild after the pandemic, we should focus on reducing barriers to growth. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, who is the chair of the environment and climate change subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: mr. tonko is recognized. mr. tonko: i thank the gentleman from new jersey for yielding. let me thank the chairs for all of their hard work on this

package. i have no delusions this bill will solve climate change and can play a meaningful in energy efficiency while supporting improvements and cost reductions in technologies that we are going to need to achieve the goals. this package does not everything in it that i would have wanted. my threshold to support is not whether it is perfect but would it be a net positive. would it hasten our transition to clean energy and reduce climate and traditional pollution and would it create new american jobs? i think the answer to each of these questions is an obvious yes. this package is going to allow us to weatherize lower americans' home and build e.v. charging infrastructure and have justice requirements which have been ignored for the past four years. it includes bills to support the

department of energy's office of wind and streamline the permitting process for distributed energy resources and ensure that the research dollars we authorize are protected by strong scientific integrity policies and includes the american innovation and manufacturing act, bipartisan legislation that directs e.p.a. to phase down hydrofloral cash and the 0% by 15 years united states will lead the world and create 33,000 manufacturing jobs and ensure we do our part do void up to 1 egree celcius. i'm encouraged that the senate has reached an agreement on h.f.c.'s, but this provision is in future negotiations. i look forward to continue the discussion and getting the goals

of this enacted. this bill isn't perfect, this is a package we can take to the senate. the clean energy transition cannot wait and i'm eager to work with any member on future legislation that is bold and ambitious and rises to the scale of the climate crisis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: i yield five minutes to mr. shimkus from illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. shimkus: it's great to be with my friends on the floor. i saw a story titled house divided over the impact and wisdom of a clean energy bill. where but in d.c. can you take an eight-page bill and turn it into a 900-paged bill. it authorizes $135 billion with

no offset and still divide your own caucus. you can't outspend some democrats. when i testified against this bill at the rules committee, chairman pallone said all we want to do is get to a conference with the senate. congressman cole asked if the house position would be stronger with a bipartisan bill. i think the answer is yes, it would, but that is not what we have here today. let me debunk this myth of bipartisanship. there are 38 bills from the energy and commerce bills in this pakistan. 38. committee republicans are neutral on four of them. we support 11 and either oppose or have serious concerns with the remaining 23. of those 38 bills, we had no regular order on 15 of them. the chairman used to beat about the head and shoulders about regular order. i know this is irregular time.

15 bills had no hearing, no subcommittee mark and no full committee mark and only two had legislative hearings. even worse, at least three of the bills were included that passed the committee or the house and then democrats went back on those deals and changed the language. and now we find out that environmental was add dollars in the manager's amendment that received no deliberation in the committee. let me outline a few other problems. instead of removing barriers to pipelines and transmission lines, this bill has new infrastructure. these provisions don't target fossil fuels. and the r.p.m. act allows the e.p.a. to establish a new federal registry to monitor sales, track parts and aid enforcement against not just race cars, but every car and

truck on the road. the included provisions totally flaunt the interstate commerce clause by failing to preempt state laws and invite activist to change the standard through the e.p.a. the five years essential use exemption for fire asthma inhalers and fire suppression spray when you find out this exemption doesn't become available at 2034. the work force grant program included in this program scluse eligibility for nuclear energy. not only would a rush to green put people out of work, this grant program will fail to provide for the biggest energy sector. let the buyer beware, this rush to green is what the state of

california has done to their electricity grid. what do you see? we see rolling blackouts and see higher costs. tall - in this enen injustice world. poor communities that spend a higher percentage of their income on energy costs and will face higher costs and less reliability. and with that, less opportunity with the direction that this package takes us. this is very, very unfortunate. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. . . mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i wanted to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, our health subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the recognized.is >> it's nice to see you in the chair, madam speaker.

of nt to thank the chairman the energy and commerce committee for his leadership and what's being brought to the floor today. very pleased to be here in support of the clean innovation act. i think this is exactly what our country needs. into the future and saying this is the way we're it.g to shape hat america become a leader innovatively relative to clean good-paying jobs, jobs. so this is something that's to ed for our country, promote clean energy and energy fficiency, to protect our planet, which is really facing existential threat from the warming of the climate. ago, madammany years speaker, as there was a debate

going on at the energy and committee. i listened. both sides were going back and forth. differences.ear so when it was my turn to speak this., remember i'll see you on the floor. that something was someone's appen in district or there was accelerated flooding, fires, ted accelerated -- hurricanes, tornadoes, and then we'd come to the floor and try and rehabilitate communities. this is -- so this is about our collective future. those who question the existence need only lookge to california where 10 of the 20 wildfires on record occurred in the last decade, alone.ng five this year alone.is year

our planet is sounding the larm, and congress needs to lead, respond to this, take it to ously, and be willing change, be willing to change. now, without action, we know going to happen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. yield the : i gentlelady 30 seconds. ms. eshoo: i'm pleased the bill smoke planning and research act. i talked about the fires, but to everyone needs understand is what is so deadly smoke.he wildfire the poisonous particulates a children rous for because their lungs are still developing. seniors.erous for very dangerous for anyone to breathe. because it's a form of poison. we know that the smoke travels not only hundreds of thousands of miles. o this legislation funds the

e.p.a. and leading universities this public health ffects of wildfire smoke, and i'm so pleased it's in the bill. i want to thank the chairman for including it. want to thank speaker pelosi who saw the merits of this particular issue part of it is today this critically needed clean package. i thank the chairman and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. i'd pton: madam speaker, yield three minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. latta. the speaker pro tempore: mr. recognized for three minutes. mr. latta: well, i thank the gentleman, my good friend from yielding.or madam speaker, i rise in 4447, which h.r. represents a missed opportunity o advance true bipartisan

policies that would secure our nation's energy future. innovators have shown over the past 15 years they're capable of spurring economic reducing emissions as long as the united states has a regulatory environment that is to the development and deployment of new technologies. april , according to an e.p.a. report, national greenhouse gas emissions have by 10% since 2005, and power sector emissions have allen by 27%, while during the same period, our economy grew by 25%. 447 -- 4447 , h.r. would do nothing to cultivate necessary regulatory environment to continue to build on these accomplishments. nother reason to be concerned about this bill is the price tag. at a time when our country is budget deficit, how has the majority chosen to

respo respond? spending $325 billion on winners and pick losers. finally, my republican colleagues and i offered this bill.to improve my amendment would have authorized the establishment and a uranium reserve to ensure its availability in market disruption and to support strategic fuel capabilities in the united states. this policy would result in ower carbon emissions, new jobs, and a more secure world. unfortunately, the majority against this amendment as well as those offered by my the lican colleagues on energy and commerce committee that would have ensured the american people would have to affordable and energy. sources of i encourage my colleagues to oppose this partisan legislation. and madam speaker, i yield back time.lance of my the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is

recognized. you, madam thank speaker. i will yield now one minute to ourgentleman from maryland, majority leader, who has and itized this bill shepherded it to the floor. the speaker pro tempore: the ajority leader is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: i thank you, madam speaker, and i thank the chair for his focus e of our work on batch environment, on behalf of climate change, and on behalf of the health and welfare american people. the global climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of time. we must confront climate change, that isssential part of investing in clean energy innovation. this alone is certainly not to be enough to address the climate crisis we face. a critical step forward that we can and must take now.

are s why house democrats bringing forward the clean econo innovation s, and act today. i'm sorry this is not a bipartisan bill. covid-19, climate partisan issue. shouldn't be a partisan issue. ins bill represents progress the fight against the climate crisis. it represents clean energy and creation.ture and job in addition to investing in clean energy production, sorts, this and legislation sets new energy efficiency standards. believe my republican colleagues are for that. i hope they are for that. for buildings to provide funding for homes, schools, anufacturing facilities, and public buildings to upgrade and efficiency.gy that's in everybody's best interest. investmentskes bold in wind and solar and advanced nuclear technologies of which i

supporter, and help to decarbonize the fossil fuel sector. meet the targets that climate scientists say are ecessary to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change, many of which today eeing as we speak on the floor of this house, we re going to need to employ all of these technologies. recognizing the need to fight justice, the tal of prioritizes the needs those living on the front lines of the climate crisis, including low-incomeribal, and communities. they can't protect themselves. hey don't have the dollars to do so. that up to us to make sure they are protected. we are also creating a clean nergy workforce development program championed by my dear friend, bobby rush, to train orkers to succeed and help america lead the clean energy revolution. hile the trump administration

cedes the race to being a world lead from all thdrawing other nations of the world who have a consensus that we need to deal with climate change and we to deal with it together, agreement. from that we need to make sure that we would e to be a rld leader -- to be a world leader in the clean energy economy. bill seizes the moment and takes advantage of the economic opportunities that come from to the bold approach global climate crisis. that democrats recognize you can't lead the clean energy economy if you refuse to believe is cleaner energy necessary. get serious about the dangers of the climate crisis, to take ill be unable advantage of its economic opportunities. this why, madam speaker, bill is so very important and hy i'm urging all of my

colleagues to join in supporting it. i want to thank chairman frank of the energy and commerce committee, chairwoman eddie bernice johnson of the and technology committee, and chairman raul rijalva of the natural resources committee for working so hard to bring this legislation together and advance it to the floor. of these bills that are ncorporated here i think have republican support. and this bill ought to have republican support. want to thank all the democratic members of those committees and republicans who constructively. and the bills' sponsors for and hard work contributions to this legislation. today, the democratic-led house, doing its job is for the people. by supporting the development of clean -- of a clean energy economy and taking important the climate le crisis in a serious way that creates jobs and opportunities

workers. you know, during the civil era, there was a movie, "mississippi burning." had an effect of us in essing systemic racism america. now, much of america, millions are burning at historic levels. storms in the gulf are occurring at historic levels. in the atlantic, along twisterstic coast, and n the midwest are occurring at historic levels. to say, asppropriate covid-19 ent said on and the deaths that occurred, it is.hat it here, madam speaker,

because when we see that what it is not right, we ought to act. doing.t's what we're so i hope my colleagues will vote yes for a cleaner safer ment, a environment, a healthier environment, and a more successful nd america. and i yield back the balance of time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. i'd pton: madam speaker, yield two minutes to the gentleman from west virginia, ccolinly -- mr. mckinley. the speaker pro tempore: mr. mckinley is recognized for two inutes. mckinley: here we go again. a bill that leadership contends save the environment. last week, experts testified it wildfires on nt the west coast, droughts in the the st, or hurricanes on

east coast. his is just another effort to gin up the liberal base, divide election.before the but what the bill does do is it uncertainty, increases consumer costs, and jeopardizes national security. madam speaker, i thought we were the to find solutions for environment, but apparently not. he majority is deliberately misleading the american public with this legislation. no shame? remember, this bill will not wildfires, droughts, or hurricanes. speaker, congress can do better. better.deserves i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. is gentleman from new jersey recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, madam

speaker. minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. select who chairs the committee on the climate crisis and also a member of the energy and commerce committee. the speaker pro tempore: ms. castor is recognized for two minutes. ms. castor: thank you, madam speaker. chairman pallone, for yielding me the time. we are in the grips of a climate crisis, a climate emergency, and time is running out. time is running out to avoid the worst consequences of a heating planet. time is running out to avoid the escalating costs that are weighing down families and businesses across america. so this clean economy, jobs, and innovation act is an important step. it brings us a little bit closer to the major, ambitious steps we must take toward a 100% clean

energy economy. and here are a few things that are important about this package. it follows the science. the scientists and experts tell us that we truly are running out of time to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases. we must do it as soon as possible but no later than 2050. that means we have to get going right away. this package also puts money back into the pockets of consumers and businesses. and it will create thousands of jobs. these are the jobs that the younger generation, they are hungry for. in manufacturing. in science. in building resilience among communities across the country. this bill also empowers environmental justice communities to address pollution and to protect their health. and very importantly, on a bipartisan basis, bicameral

basis, we have to address hydroflour carbons. hydroflour car -- a hydroflourocarbon is a damaging gas, much more damaging than carbon dioxide. we have an opportunity to address those hydroflourocarbons an bring them under control. if we don't do this now it's going to be much more difficult to do it in the future. thank you, chairman pallone, thank you, chairwoman johnson, thank you to my colleagues for doing everything you can. next up is the ambitious policies to truly solve the climate crisis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time is ex-pyred. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> i yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: i rise in opposition to h.r. 4447. despite holding out hope that we would have a truly bipartisan

energy package moving through this body. as i look at the bill, we can't ignore the tremendous price tag, $135 billion. without discussing the use of valuable taxpayer dollars. this bill's price tag reflects the many subsidy programs that duplicate programs without meaningful attention applied to addressing regulatory burdens facing the industries. if the goal is to transition to a cleaner energy economy we won't see real progress without a serious discussion about reforming existing regulatory barriers. an example is the cumbersome nepa review process, which has slowed infrastructure projects for years and added countless sums without any added benefit to the people. another concern i have is the focus on larger cities while leaving lurel communities like the one i represent in south georgia on the wayside. if the goal is to spur economic

investments in the energy sector, rural parts of america must be included. there are other concerns such as expensive electric vehicle mandates and experimental tech knolls that will leave the taxpayer footing the bill. this package, unfortunately, is not reflective of extensive bipartisan work in committee to pass policies that would help move forward. instead it's a wish list of expensive and duplicate programs that will bog down significant progress that's been made here. there are some programs and ideas that deserve separate consideration because of bipartisan support, but unfortunately, this package falls short. i urge my colleagues to oppose this bill and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: can i ask how much time remains on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey has 11 minutes remaining.

the gentleman from michigan has 11 1/2. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, dr. ruiz, a member of the energy and commerce committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ruiz: we have experienced this firsthand in the eastern coachella valley in my district. environmental hazards that worsen quality of life and harm the public's health. children, struggling to breathe on their way to school. residents with undrinkable watter from high levels of arsenic. let me be clear. having clean water to drink and clean air to breathe is not a privilege just for the affluent few. it is a right and a common good for everyone. that's why i'm glad my bill, h.r. 2923, is passing the house

this week as part of the clean economy jobs and innovation act my bill will strengthen protections for vulnerable populations, give impacted communities the ability to hold big corporations and governments accountable and provide needed funds to mitigate and prevent future instances of environmental injustice. i'd like to thank chairman pallone and subcommittee chairman tonko for working with me on this important legislation. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from south carolina. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. >> i thank the former chairman for the time today. i rise in opposition to h.r. 4447, the democrat's so-called energy package. this bill promotes a radical green new deal policy that would

cost americans more than $135 billion. meanwhile the bill provides no regulatory or permit regular forms. if democrats were serious about reducing emissions, they would focus on getting clean technologies like nuclear energy to market quicker. you know, i offered an amendment last night but it was rejected by the rules committee, which would facilitate efficient environmental resfrures nuclear reactor licensing. the goal was to accelerate the deployment of nuclear reactors which generate zero emissions during electricity generation. if that's your goal, zero emissions. unfortunately, democrats would rather weapon size our permitting laws for political motives. if we eliminate natural gas or nuclear power generation and transition to 100% renewables do, ther. 4447 seeks to cost to national security would be detrimental.

the united states would shift from being an energy dominant country to energy dependent at a cost to energy consumers because lower income americans in this bill would pay more as a percentage of their income, disposable income, than others. it would be costly to the environment. and our own security self-interest. i don't understand why my amendments aren't made part of this package other than the politics. with that, i urge my colleagues to vote no on h.r. 4447. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. mcnerney, also a member of our committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcnerney: i thank the chairman. climate change is accelerating and is a greing threat to our economy and our world. we must adriss climate change with the urgency it nands and that means we must all take action.

that's why i'm proud to have introduced two bipartisan pieces of legislation included in this package, the smart energy and water efficiency act which i authored with representative kinzinger, aims to create an innovative water and energy pilot program within the department of energy. the advanced nuclear fuel availability act which i co-led with representative flores informed the language in this package, ensuring that adequate supplies of domestically produced low enriched uranium are available in the united states, something that is essential for some of the advanced nuclear reactor designs currently being developed. the clean energy economy and innovation act represents the type of strong, concrete steps that we must take to prevent catastrophic impacts of climate change. i urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is

recognized. >> may i ask how much time each side has remaining? the speaker pro tempore: nine and a half minutes. the gentleman from new jersey has nine minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. i yield one minute to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. >> i thank my friend from michigan and former chairman of the energy and commerce committee. i'm disappointed that during national clean energy week we're considering a bill that fails to prioritize affordable and reliable energy for all americans and only furthers the radical left, socialist, green new deal priorities. h.r. 447 would spend more than $145 billion of hard working americans' tax dollars while ignoring meaningful reforms of rural communities. mr. allen: they want to establish a $20 billion federal green bank to subsidize preferred green projects at the expense of others. it would exclude nuclear energy

from their proposed blue collar to green collar work force grant program. this is unacceptable. nuclear energy fuel ours nation will helping provide network with environmental, economic and national security. i'm proud that georgia's 12th district is home to two nuclear power plants, plant vote gal and plant hatch. almost 80% of georgia power's nuclear capacity. this industry directly supports well-paying jobs, powers our national defense and currently generates nearly 20% of our country's eelect trissties without any carbon emissions. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. >> yield the gentleman another minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. allen: if my colleagues want to have real policy discussion about clean energy and focus on solutions, they should oppose this partisan power grb and support nuclear energy. georgia has some of the most competitive electricity rates in

the country, thanks to our energy policy. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield now one minute to your colleague from nevada, mr. horsford. the speaker pro tempore: mr. rorsford is recognized for one minute. mr. horsford: thank you, madam speaker. to the chair and the communities of jurisdiction. for too long, economically oppressed communities have born a disproportionate burden from toxic pollution and environmental degradation. communities experiences environmental injustice have been subjected to systemic racial, social and economic injustice. this legislation will push all of our communities forward together, whether through the $20 billion clean energy and sustainability accelerator to finance and mobilize private investment in low carbon technologies and projects, over

$4 billion for research development, demonstration and commercial application to advance cutting edge renewable energy technologies including solar, wind, geothermal and water power, or grants to local communities to improve energy efficiency including work force training and rebates for weatherization. it also authorizes over $36 billion for transportation, electrify case which will help nevada, including $650 million to deploy low and zero emissions school buses. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. horsford: i urge my colleagues to approve the measure. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> may i ask my friend from new jersey how many speakers he has remaining? mr. pallone: i'm not positive, but at least three. >> i will reserve, we have two. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is

recognized. mr. pallone: i yield one minute to the gentleman from arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> we need policies that make sense. this bill does that by including re-authorization for the block grant program to provide grants to states, local governments and native american tribes to reduce fossil fuel emissions and conserve energy. when this program was last funded and local governments were able to pursue a wide range of prompts from energy retrofits to depliment of l.e.d. street lighting and solar energy to electric vehicle charging stations and alternative energy fuel pumps. a national evaluation of the program's effectiveness found with one year of funding, $29.7

million fons was avoided and $25.2 billion in save wrgs produced, 70% of which were rerealized by residential customers. mr. stanton: imagine what we could achieve with the dedicated, multiyear funding this bill provides. it will help save on energy bills -- thank you, chairman pallone for your leadership. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. . mr. upton: madam speaker, i'd yield to the top republican on the energy and commerce much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walden: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank my friend of the house energy subcommittee and chairman of the full committee, mr. upton, for yielding me this time. tragically have to rise in opposition to h.r. 4447. you know, this is a -- it kind reminds me the last time

democrats were in charge. bill.s now an 894-page some has been through committee. t has never looked at in its entirety. been available for a few days. within the rules. fully ugh for people to digest. i think we can do a lot more to come together and agree on a would cause our economy to really rebound and to innovation the american way. you see, the key to expanding clean energy and creating america is obs in actually to reduce the barriers to building infrastructure, not them, and to deploy innovative new technologies that ensure reliable, affordable energy for the economy. this will produce the economic and the growth that we all want, growth that maintains but onmental standards creates economic opportunities, especially for the poor and the disadvantaged. generates the resources for

communities and families to futures.or their republicans have led successful fforts to enact laws that enable more rapid licensing of ydropower facilities, zero carbon emission hydrowith our. -- hydropower. we're talking about creating electricity with no emissions. putting water into streams for fish and pressurizing systems for farmers. did more of that under republican majority and there's more we can do now but we're not. delivery and export of clean burning natural gas. conversion the that's occurred from coal to gas, the reduction of emissions, reducing e world in emissions, and we created enormous wealth in jobs in areas poverty and ible needed economic development. we've increased private sector of carbon capture technology. i think there's great hope in the future with our brilliant cientists to do even more in this space. and to streamline licensing to

enable advanced nuclear energy production. know, americans always led in that category. there's new opportunities out do small-scale nuclear energy, and we need to do more of that. get us his bill doesn't where we need to go. these are all good things for the economy, and, frankly, good planet.or the you won't hear it from the radical left, but the united been -- has ually actually been leading the world in carbon reductions. largest absolute decline in emissions of all 2000.ies since the year frankly, we've reduced carbon emissions more in total than germany, and e, canada combined. combined, madam speaker. united states continues to approve its -- improve its air quality for all opportunities. matter pollution is down 25% to 44% in urban areas since 2007.ation tremendous news for disadvantaged communities. americans.r all all this while the united states

energy merged as an superpower on top of the economic boom of the shale revolution. is to build upon that. unfortunately, democrats' legislation goes in the other i believe. it destroys some of these gains, and it's not the way we should this. in this congress, my energy and colleagues ublican have introduced a number of bills to encourage investment in infrastructure, reduce barriers o regulation and licensing, expand access to clean energy, promote nuclear innovation, gas resources. yes, we have a very aggressive pro-environment energy agenda as rrps. none of the -- republicans. it of the amendments made into h.r. 4447. nope. democrats kept it out and that's problem. you don't achieve a prosperous economy and advance clean energy innovations without removing the to building and

deploying new technology. and you certainly don't achieve instead on sing billion more than $135 borrowed in federal spending. subsidy programs, delaying. rates. electricity this bill does that and increases the cost of new homes and infrastructure. that is what this 900-page gorilla does in the room. sure, there are some bipartisan provisions, but that does not for the workable bill public. will undermine infrastructure or build the innovations. the bill ignores the priorities rural residents. nstead, this bill gives billions for city-oriented green programs leaving rural areas behind. nearly $50 billion to mandate to transformation toward

electric vehicles that are sure to drive up electricity rates costs. concerning around nepa. delay.re sure to lead to litigation. and loss of opportunity. it will take longer to get a longer to site a project, longer to get a license. as if it didn't take long enough now. the bill introduces without any committee review new private causes of action that are sure benefit trial lawyers but at the expense of ordinary who want more jobs and better opportunity. all of this will unfortunately investments sidelined and lab table.s on the this is big government prescription and we should not support this bill, and i yield the time to the ranking member. the speaker pro tempore: the reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. to the two minutes now

gentlewoman from texas, ms. sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the i thank the distinguished gentleman from new jersey and i thank the from guished gentleman michigan as well. madam speaker, you know, the people that this legislation helps in my istrict -- young african-american men, unemployed. oung african-american women, unemployed. latinx men and women. latinx men and women. and as well high school beyond.s and that's the ordinary americans clean economy jobs and innovation act. so i thank mr. pallone and ms. leadership.their let me tell you the journey that i have taken. lawyer.n an energy i've worked in the arena where had fossil fuel.

but you know what, the greater chamberpartnership, our has just designated a clean on low irector to work carbon in our community. the transition to a low-carbon investing in clean energy, this bill provides istributing energy resources, energy storm systems, and a icrogrid of all builds resiliency and crucial to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. legislation dealing with wetlands, making sure the recaptured ld be when they are being utilized for energy production and we use for the environment and for jobs. ut here we have a response to the issue of low carbon. my district was devastated by hurricane harvey. climate change. and so it is important to ecognize that climate change disproportionately impacts low-income communities of color. 4447 prioritizes clean

nergy projects, located in low-income, marginalized communities. my constituents are waiting in jobs.or these and advances the development of technologies and practices that expand access to clean energy. represent a community where c -- superfund, rying to clean that up, in the meantime, people dealing with cancer clusters. when we talk about creating up the eaning environment, we are long overdue for the clean economy jobs and innovation act. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. mr. pallone: i yield 30 seconds, another minute? minute.son lee: another the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: i thank the distinguished gentleman. so i want to answer the entleman's question about ordinary americans. these are ordinary americans, some of whom because of the the inequity or in environmental injustice have side of energy. i want them to face the good side. nd so not only does the bill

establish a clean energy workforce development program to educate and train the next of clean energy researchers, scientists, and it -- professionals, it requires that any project funded under the act to maintain, or er, repair a public building or onliees iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced states.nited so, my friends, this is a new start, but it brings old friends to the table. it brings houston, with the greater houston partnership with a clean energy director who to move toward low carbon. it brings energy companies that b.p. tioned during the spill who indicated to me they ave a huge environmental tex in -- section in their corporation. we can all work together. 'm a strong supporter of clean energy -- of the clean economy jobs and innovation act because t's going to bring jobs and re-envision america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the entleman from new jersey

reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: madam speaker, i'm side.ed to close on our the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. upton: i yield myself the our time. you know, republicans do support clean energy, but we oppose asteful government spending, top-down policies that make energy more expensive, reduce choice, and threaten our energy security. and i would ask unanimous following submit the documents into the record -- a statement of administration office of the president of the united states, the mending a veto -- letter states, quote, h.r. 4447 ould lead to higher energy costs and discourage innovation and entrepreneurship and fails measures. other the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. upton: i'd also like to put from the in ale association of home builders in opposition to the bill. to expansion of building

codes, it would not safeguard cost. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. upton: with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. new jersey.n from mr. pallone: madam speaker, may i ask how much time i have? the speaker pro tempore: you have four minutes remaining. you, madam thank speaker. i'll yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: for the energy and of this debate. i find it strange, madam speaker, that the republicans as defenders of fiscal responsibility in lowering the what i when they have consider abysmal track record on record. in 2017 they rushed through a tax bill that only rewarded the our hiest while drowning children's future in a sea of debt. and what do republicans do when create deficits? by cutting taxes without paying for it, they propose cuts to and reject grams funding for initiatives that benefit everyday americans. the congressional budget office estimates this bill will add a whooping zero to the deficit.

i stress that again. -- zero cit to the dollars to the deficit. if the republicans are so intent on talking about costs, they ught to look at the cost of climate inaction. in the -- and the economic harm of letting our competitors lead global clean energy technology race. by the end of the century, lost ages from climate-related damages will reach $155 billion. mortality from extreme surpass $140 ill billion. and coastal property damage will billion.$120 all told, the u.s. economy can g.d.p.re than 10% of its the economic benefits of action in contrast are significant. warming to 1.5 degrees celsius will yield more than $20 in global economic benefits annually in the same time frame. lays a stronge us oundation for reaching these scientifically set climate targets. meanwhile, house republicans are using tired gimmicks to argue deficit they created,

hat -- a claim the c.b.o. has thoroughly debunked. to use these our tactics, we'll saddle economy and generations to am cowith the cost of extreme eather and reduce economic productivity. this is already happening, my colleagues. carbon e reduce our pollution and invest in clean energy technologies, we can both protect our environment and grow our economy. we can lead the world in energy innovation and lead our allies addressing the climate crisis. now, it's been 13 years since ongress last passed major energy legislation. since then, the world has changed. our energy needs have evolved. have matured. and the need for climate action urgent.me the policies that govern how we produce, transport, and store are outdated. our energy infrastructure is in desperate need of modernization. in federal investments

energy-related energy, development, and deployment of the eeting the needs 21st century. so we need to transition to a clean, low-carbon economy, and investments major and reforms to u.s. energy policy. this bill, the clean economy act, and innovation includes a broad sweep of measures to enable that way that in the creates jobs, reduces pollution, and unleashes american innovation. scope of the legislation -- i know there have been comments bill.the the scope of the bill delivers overdue and long, upgrades to our nation's energy systems. so i would urge my colleagues, today, at we're faced please, this is why both sides of the aisle should support the bill.ying and i also, madam speaker, if i could say -- i would like to the record an exchange of letters between the chairman of the committee on nergy and commerce and the chairwoman of the committee on science, space, and technology that i ill, and with

yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman yields back. all the time for the committee on energy and commerce has expired.

for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. johnson: madam speaker, i seek to present the science and technology -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. johnson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the threat of climate change is one of the most urgent threats we face. today as i speak vast portions of the west coast of our nation are consumed with wild fires. to the south, our country has already been repeatedly pounded by tropical storms and hurricanes this year. severe weather and dangerous

heat waves are becoming ncreasingly commonplace. the nation is -- the ocean is becoming more acidic which puts in peril the entire food chain. the threat of climate change is here. and it is long past time for congress to take action to combat it. responding to climate change is also an opportunity to reinvent our economy and prepro pell it into the 21st century. we have the opportunity to make of ica the leader in a host clean energy and technology -- clean energy technologies that will boost our economy and bring good, high-paying jobs. h.r. 4447, the clean economy jobs and innovation act, will do just that.

by investing unprecedented amounts in clean energy research and development. this bill also makes long overdue investments in grid modernization and large scale energy storage. which are key to allowing us to unlock the full potential of intermittent renewables and other clean energy investments. finally, this bill make critical investments in carbon capture and storage technology. we have to recognize that today as we speak, most of the energy used for electricity, transportation, and industrial processes in our nation and across the world is still produced from fossil fuels. to realistically hope to combat the worst effects of climate change, we have to invest in technologies that can clean up the bulk of our current pollution sources both here and

abroad. all of the 16 bills the science committee contributed to this package are bipartisan pieces of legislation. this reflects the broad support of these bills in both the environmental and business community. having received support from the groups as diverse as the nrdc, the u.s. chamber of commerce, the league of conservation voters and the national association of manufacturers, i want to take a moment to thank our current energy subcommittee chair, liz see fletcher, and our former chair, for their hard work in getting us to this point today. i want to thank my fellow committee chairs, frank pallone and raul grijalva for their tireless work on h.r. 4447 and their commitment to fighting for climate change. h.r. 4447 will not only -- will

not on its own prevent climate change but it is a vital first step in addressing this threat. if we don't take the first step, we will never get anywhere in our efforts to address this growing crisis. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> i'm disappointed weir here today to consider a massive, imprkt call messaging bill instead of voting on real clean energy solutions. at the first science committee meeting this congress i committed to addressing climate change through science an technology my republican colleagues an i have worked in good faith to create bipartisan legislation that supports much-needed research and development into nascent clean

energy technologies. when i said bipartisan, i mean, truly bipartisan. my friend across the aisle will try to characterize h.r. 4447 as bipartisan. mr. lucas: but that's not strictly accurate. this bill was written out republican input. we were given one week to read and consider 900 pages of legislative text. some provisions in this bill were considered and passed with bipartisan support at the committee level. but they were changed, without consultation, before they were included in this bill. other provisions have a single republican co-sponsor which technically makes them bipartisan but certainly doesn't indicate that there's widespread support from both parties. but madam speaker, we do have truly bipartisan bills on research and development of clean energy technologies. we could be considering those today. for instance, the science committee has a long history of strong support from both sides of the aisle for basic research.

why? because without fail, basic research has generated breakthrough technologies that have revolutionized energy production in america, making it cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient. basic research at our national labs is pioneering technologies that capture carbon emission from coal, natural gas, batteries that store energy from intermittent energy sources like wind and solar, and advanced nuclear reactors that can provide cleaner, more affordable power. this is the kind of work private tri-can't generally perform because it's too risky for investment. government funded research makes discoveries which the market translate into marketable sources. so why does this bill largely ignore basic research? h.r. 4447 doesn't include any support for the department of

energy's office of science which drives basic research and represents more than half of the department's entire civilian federal r&d portfolio. instead, the bill before us today spends $35 million to increase funding for every applied energy office at d.o.d. while applied energy programs play an important role in improving efficiency in various industry sectors, they can only do so much. this bill is throwing money at renewable energy industries that are already mature and competitive. instead of investing in the next generation of clean energy technology if you'll pardon the farming analogy, this is like spending all your money to build a better plow instead of investing in a tractor. if we truly want clean, affordable, sustainable energy for americans, we can and must do better than this. i've introduced legislation designed to boost american

competitiveness and address climate change. h.r. 5685, the securing american leadership in science and technology act will double finding for the office of science, update research facilities an infrastructure and improve tech transfer. it's a thoughtful investment in the future of american science. and there are other bipartisan bills we should be considering today all of which have close senate companions and strong, bipartisan senate interests. h.r. 4091, the arpa-e re-authorization act was passed out of the science committee last year after both sides came together to negotiate a consensus bill that double ours investment in arpa-e's high risk, high reward research while establishing guardrails to make sure we're using our limited research dollars wisely. h.r. 53 47, the advanced geothermal research and development act, authorizes cutting edge geothermal research and development so we can take advantage of this vast and

largely untapped renewable resource. and h.r. 2986 this better energy storage technology act, or the best act. authorizes a cost -- a cost cut regular search and development program to prioritize high energy storage, this is critical to more initiate use of technologies like solar and wind. give anything one of these bills consideration today would guarantee more progress on clean energy technology than this messaging bill. if we're serious about addressing climate change and providing americans with clean, affordable energy, we need to be serious about the basic research that supports the goal. i hope we can put aside partisan performances like this and instead focus on supporting research into the next generation of clean energy technology. i urge my colleagues to oppose this bill and i reserve the balance of my time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the

gentleman reserves. this gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from texas, ms. fletcher. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. mrs. fletcher: thank you, madam speaker, and thank you, chairwoman johnson, for this opportunity and for your bipartisan leadership of the science, space, and technology committee during this congress. i rise today in support of h.r. 4447 and the important bills from the science, space, and technology committee that are included in this bill. i am proud to represent houston, texas, the energy capital of the world. and our country leads in energy production and in innovation because of the work that we do in houston. we innovate, we create, we research, and we power the world. h.r. 4447 will ensure that we continue to do so. with meaningful increases in federal resources necessary to

develop critical energy technologies that we will rely on in our energy mix into the next century. as the center of energy expertise and experience in the country, my constituents in houston are well positioned to utilize the financial support provided through this bill and to help chart the course for our energy future. i'm particularly glad that to expand research and development of large scale demonstration of carbon capture utilization and storage technology this package include legislation i helped lead with my friend from fort worth, mr. veasey, the fossil energy research and development act. critical work on carbon capture is going on right now in my district and we have a real opportunity to reduce carbon emissions through these and other carbon capture efforts. to continue the important work of modernizing the use of fossil fuels, houston companies and universities will be eligible to compete were an estimated $14 billion in grpt funds made possible by this bill. and i'm also glad that this bill

includes the arpa-e re-authorization, legislation passed through our subcommittee to re-authorize funding for the department of energy's advanced research project agency of energy to help advance high potential, high impact technologies in the early stages of development. while i support these and other important provisions of this bill, i recognize that it's not a perfect bill. i'm disapointed that my amendment to address some outstanding issues related to eminnocent domain and pipeline construction was not made in order. our conversation about our energy future is vital for all of us. i look forward to continuing my work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to ensure that we're able to build the infrastructure we need to ensure the reliable delivery of american energy across the country and to collaborate on the essential research that we need and that we focused on so much in our committee work. in the energy capital of the world, we have unique and critical expertise to offer this

conversation, and it will help us chart a path forward together. this bill represents some of the things we can do together and for that reason, i will vote in favor of it and i urge my colleagues to do the same. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: thank you, madam speaker. i yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, the ranking member of the subcommittee on energy, mr. weber. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. weber: i thank the gentleman, thank you for yielding to me, time to speak on this very important legislation on the floor today. . i testified before the rules committee on monday, i called the bill before us today 900-page gorilla in the room. here.s it right bipartisan? it's about as bipartisan as two wolves and a lamb discussing to have for dinner. let me tell you, as i stand

speaker,u today, madam clean economy jobs and innovation act has only icked up speed as it charges dangerously towards -- toward passage. tarting with the back room process, 98 out of 176 submitted were made in t order, and there seems to be no reason why. i personally submitted two that order.led out of one on nuclear research. ou want to talk about clean energy, green. one on nuclear research and development. a simple sense of congress to ensure the long-term fossil fuels. the bedrock of our houston that the gentlelady from texas was just talking about. yet, my democrat colleagues on has ther side of the aisle said this bill is a simple

house meant to pass the and meet the senate in their package at conference to iron out the details. is that em with that they're ignoring the real bicameral legislation that's already been ironed out. it.s use there's a new wrinkle in their thinking. r&d amendment that won't even have a chance to be voting on is composed of that has support in the senate and closely mirrors their nuclear energy leadership act, r nela, a priority of senator murkowski. this just goes to show that oday's bill and the rushed process behind it is simply nother messaging exercise that the democrats have no intention f negotiating to the point of actually being signed into law. there's a novel thought.

hasty procedure to rush through regular order, this been falsely labeled bipartisan, as our great friend from oklahoma said. my science o committee democrat colleagues boast that all of our relevant bipartisan. really? et, madam speaker, they won't mention that 17 of those -- of the 17 ther -- bills that are co-sponsored by epublicans are not even on the science committee. when the republican committee members who sat through hearings stakeholders and ried to amend these bills decided to oppose the legislation, they looked for any it -- thean r next to democrats looked for any name with an r next to it just to working box of together. once again, i'll say it, if my olleagues on the other side were serious about ensuring this bill is more than just an

sound nity for another bite, they would bring together the correct parties to reach a the president would actually sign into law. speaker, i'm disappointed in this wasted opportunity. states has the bility to lead the world in technology. we have the ability to lead the technological solutions. and we can produce clean energy generation.the next those jobs, the lady from ouston, texas, was talking about. adly, today's bill misses that mark. for that reason, i urge my this gues to oppose legislation, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. yield to the very dynamic member of the committee, ms.

minutes. two the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. bonamici: thank you, madam speaker. clean in support of the economy jobs and innovation act, which includes my water, power, act.rch and development our ocean covers more than 70% planet.urface of our its waves, currents, and tides can be used as a plentiful, power our esource to homes, buildings, and communities. according to the department of is enough kinetic energy in waves and tides along the u.s. coastline to meet a our ficant important of nation's power needs. as we transition to a 100% clean we have the y, opportunity to capture the power of the ocean to help mitigate crisis.ate oregon is at the forefront of marine energy thanks to the eadership of oregon state university, the pacific marine energy center, and pioneering like vigor. last year, i visited the ocean workers vice, built by at vigor, before it was deployed off the shores of hawaii for a

pilot. notle in i was standing in front of this enormous device i -- it was not until i was tanding in front of the enormo enormo enormous device until i saw what do.an federal investment can help it.ck my bill would re-authorize funding for research, evelopment, demonstration, and commercialization of marine energy within the department of nergy's water power technologies office. this funding supports the leading research and development at the pacific marine energy center and help their efforts to establish a wave energy test facility off the of oregon. and as a member of the select committee on the climate crisis, pleased that this package includes many provisions from ur bold, comprehensive science-based climate action plan. i thank chairwoman johnson, and essman young, congressman deutch for their

support. to support lleagues this bipartisan energy package. i yield back. the peaker pro tempore: gentlelady yields back. the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: madam speaker, i the three minutes to gentleman from texas, the ranking member of the subcommittee on space and babin.tics, dr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. babin: thank you, ranking yielding time or to speak on this important legislation today. republican my colleagues, i had what i believed to be an essential of order.ruled out simply put, my amendment ensured hat fossil fuel power generation systems were not left behind as we try to navigate a energy future. from schools to hospitals, too much of our critical is currently dependent on the systems that we place. have in no matter which side of the aisle that you're on, you cannot the fact that fossil fuels are the status quo

of the very some cheapest. but we don't get the chance. e will not have the chance to express that support today. instead, we will get this dream sheet forcefully passed only to then die with no senate interest. we are missing a golden opportunity for bipartisan solutions. turn off the light switch and force our economy future ofckout-ridden renewable sources, we need to utilize what is still readily to us.le and that is why i am supportive of carbon capture utilization storage. i believe that when developed, these technologies stand only to fossil fuel power generation and even hold the otential to make it a clean energy source. but as written, the legislation efore us lacks a focus on critical basic research that will advance these technologies. like advanced computing, manufacturing, and materials

our rch will maximize nation's fossil fuel resources. simply building more projects, similar to those already in existence, the petronova in texas, or national carbon capture center in alabama, will not develop membranes for direct air capture or novel solvents for energy-efficient separation. additionally, this bill makes outrageous increases to the of energy's office of fossil energy. this bill increases the office's to a whooping $3 billion and spends ar 2025 $15 billion over the next five years. intrigued that some of my democrat colleagues, who have tated their goal to completely phase out fossil fuels in the next 10 years, would support increase.sive at the same time, however, i am

folks on to see more the other side of the aisle acknowledge the long-term in ourty of fossil fuels clean energy future. unquestionably a staunch supporters of fossil fuels and specifically the d.o.e. office fossil energy, but we must act in a fiscally responsible manner. undertake this massive funding increase 300% while increasing ly applied energy programs like solar.d thank you. this bill is nothing more than a and is a ish list disservice to the already trapped american taxpayer, and i urge its rejection. i once again want to thank anking member lucas, my friend from oklahoma, for yielding me time and for his leadership on the science committee. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas -- the is lelady from texas recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, madam

speaker. yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from california, mr. swalwell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is minutes.d for two swaul swaul thank you. i -- mr. swalwell: thank you. 4447, in support of h.r. the clean economy jobs and innovation act, and i want to hank speaker pelosi, majority leader hoyer, chairwoman johnson, chairman pallone, and minority leadership for working bill on the floor today. i'd like to focus on title 10 of this bill, which is an amended my bill, h.r. 4481, he securing energy critical elements and american jobs act of 2019. title 10 addresses energy which are terials important components of advanced technologies, including cell laptops, jet engines, gas and wind turbines, solar anels and state-of-the-art batteries. our nation relies on imports for at least 80% of its domestic 21 of 35 of these critical materials. some of these materials are to mine cost-effectively and china

controls 80% of the supply. ensuring a reliable, and stable supply of critical materials is vital to our national energy and security. previously, the department of limited tablished a term critical materials institute to help ensure a of energy pply critical materials. unfortunately, c.m.i. has never authorized.cally the language i authored in title 0 would properly authorize and codify c.m.i. additionally, d.o.e. would be required to utilize the agencies, f federal the private sector, and our national laboratories. laboratories, lawrence, livermore, and san my -- sandia, is in my district. want to thank adam for his adia for is staff and work on this bill. tomorrow i will launch the ritical materials caucus with

guy rushen that aller to continue work on this issue. i ask all members to support 4447. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. reserves.lady the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the an leman from florida, esteemed member of the science committee, mr. walz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida is recognized for three minutes. mr. waltz: thank you, madam speaker. thank chairman lucas for allowing me to speak on this legislation on the floor today. 4447, the clean economy jobs and innovation act, authorizes research and across ent activities the department of energy's applied energy programs. noted, olleagues have while there are several bipartisan provisions in this outweighed, are unfortunately, by partisan priorities in a rushed and legislative process. i think by now we can all missed e how many opportunities for true

bipartisanship that have been indicated by this -- complicated by this approach. ritical materials is one of them. critical materials play a vital role in our everyday lives. battery storage. systems. health care equipment. medicines. things that impact u.s. national security. economic growth and energy reliant on are all secure and safe access to minuerals. however, currently, the united states is dependent on other of 35 critical minerals identified by the department of interior. these, 14 -- 14 are rate ed to the u.s. at a of 100%. lithium, in particular, graphite that power solutions, all of which are controlled by china. china, in fact, holds an accesslming advantage in to critical minerals and the

covid-19 pandemic has made it clear that we cannot, as a nation, rely on essential ur resources. in may, i introduced h.r. 7061, critical mineral exploration act, which builds on senate's ses of the american mineral security act, y taking a more comprehensive approach to onshoring these critical mineral supply chains. earlier this year is seemed like many of these provision would be considered in good faith negotiations with science committee democrats but unfortunately, despite our shared goals, we've had to pause negotiations in order to now consider this partisan messaging bill that is on the floor today. this is a waste of the taxpayers' money. and a waste of a few remaining legislative days. this is why i offered -- thank you, ranking member. this is why i offered an

amendment to replace the critical minerals text in h.r. 4447 with the american critical mineral exploration act, and i was disappointed to see it was not made in order. i find this surprising, since my bill serves an expanded companion to the senate's critical mineral security act. which was included in chairwoman murkowski's bill. the democrats claim the goal is to mirror that package. this is not the case. it is time to get back to work on clean energy solutions, on bipartisan solutions, and addressing china. it is time to act on our promises of bipartisanship, the majority has now canceled our agreements on the china tax force, clean energy and -- task force, clean energy and critical minerals. i urge my colleagues to oppose this legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas is

recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. i yield two minutes to a distinguished scientist, dr. foster, a member of the committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. foster: thank you, mr. speaker. -- madam speaker. i rise in support of the clean energy -- clean economy jobs and innovation act. this includes provisions from the best act led by myself, mr. casten, ms. herrera beutler and mr. gonzalez. these provisions set forth a program at the department of energy to advance a suite of energy storage technologies. it directs a research and development program for cost effective, sustainable energy storage systems, including testing and validation activities. it directs the department to develop a five-year strategic plan to continue to identify and refine research goals for the program, and it would establish an energy storage demonstration program to help put more energy storage systems on the electric grid. energy storage technologies take

many forms, including batteries, pumped hydropower, thermal energy storage or chemical energy stored as hydrogen. the development of cost-effective energy storage systems will help reduce the intermittencey issues of renewable generation sources like solar and wind energy, and will also help provide grid services such as frequency regulation and ensure the stability of the electrical supply that consumers depend on. and they will begin to address the seasonal variation which is the final frontier of energy storage technology. in my home district of illinois, researchers are leading a national collaboration to accelerate the development of advanced batteries, including novel designs and new material synthesis and characterization tools. and that's why i'm so pleased to see provisions of the best act in the clean economy jobs and innovation act. i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the hard work of my colleague on the science committee, mr. casten, who

introduced the promoting grid storage act of 2019, his bill contained many important provisions that have helped strengthen the version of the best act that we are considering within this package. so i urge my colleagues to join me and vote yes on h.r. 4447. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. >> madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from indiana, the ranking member of the subcommittee on research and baird.ogy, dr. mr. baird: thank you. today i rise in opposition to h.r. 4447, the clean economy jobs and innovation act. my reason for this is like many of my republican colleagues, it has a misguided focus on applied energy and almost no focus or attention to basic research. the area i am concerned about is the lack of attention on

biological and environmental research, b.e.r. just a few weeks ago the science committee held a hearing on the department of energy's b.e.r. office. we heard how their world class user facilities and bioenergy bring together researchers and data for open collaboration, not seen anywhere else in the world. ranking member lucas' bill, the securing american leadership in science and technology act, authorizes these user facilities and bioenergy research centers, along with a host of other basic research positions. my point is that there are productive alternatives that have the right focus and are ready to be passed instead of this partisan package in front

of us today. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. i yield now two minutes to the hardworking member of the committee, mr. lamb. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. lamb: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank the chairwoman for bringing this bill to the floor. madam speaker, i come from western pennsylvania. home of the first oil well, home of coal and steel, home of the first nuclear power plant, home of the fracking revolution. most importantly, home of the people who built all of these things. and it's as a western pennsylvanian today, not as a democrat or a republican, but as a western pennsylvanian, that i'm so proud to have supported and contributed provisions to this bill. both democrats and republicans will vote for this bill tomorrow. they will. and that's how it should be.

somehow people got the idea that energy was one more topic that should be politicized in america. and they're wrong. the future of energy is about jobs. not red jobs, not blue jobs, just jobs. and we know how to create jobs in america when we use our government to win the race to new technologies. that's why i've never thought the best analogy here is the new deal. it's the manhattan project. back then when we had a threat from outside our country, it required us to double down on all the nuclear science and then get it out of the lab and into the factories, into the power plants, into the construction camps. we created jobs. and just like that was a competition against germany, and just like today we still thank the greatest generation for refusing to tolerate germany beating us to the bomb, today we should refuse to tolerate china beating us to those jobs.

someone will get these jobs. someone will build the next advanced nuclear reactor. someone will figure out how to build a gas-fired power plant with carbon storage and someone will win the race on batteries. it should be us. and this bill will give us a leg up in each one of those technologies. there is no more time to waste. my colleagues across the aisle have raised fair points about their own ideas in the legislation, but make no mistake, this bill is a blueprint for more jobs, less carbon, more science, less partisanship. and we should all pass it without delay. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. jonathan lucroy madam speaker, i yield two -- mr. lucas: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from idaho. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from idaho is recognized for two minutes. mr. fulcher: thank you, madam speaker. i stand in opposition to h.r. 4447. a clean energy future is not possible without advanced nuclear energy.

we're in a global competition. russia is building seven reactors in asia, has 22 more under contract in asia and europe, and propose -- and proposals to put more in africa. china's on pace to double nuclear capacity by 2030. and has stated it wants to build six to eight reactors a year. in the u.s., we are currently building two. if we fall behind, so does our national security and geopolitical standing. that's why i introduced the next generation nuclear advancement act. which was ruled out of order as an amendment. all sections of this act, the nuclear energy strategic plan and integrated energy and light water reactor programs, have senate counterparts with bipartisan support. these provisions need to be inserted for legislation to have a chance at becoming law. anything less is only useful as a social media post.

i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. i now yield three minutes to mrs. luria, the gentlelady from virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from virginia is recognized for one minute. mrs. luria: -- the speaker pro tempore: i'm sorry, three minutes. mrs. luria: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in support of this bill, h.r. 4447. and applaud the inclusion of nuclear power as a critical element of our energy future and our national security. as an engineer who operated nuclear reactors in the navy, i saw firsthand that nuclear power, when deployed safely and responsibly, can play a key role in our future as a zero-carbon energy source. advanced nuclear designs carry potential for our economy, our national security, and electrical grid, as they can provide a steady source of clean

energy and reduced carbon emissions. the nuclear energy leadership act section of this bill would jump-start innovation and advance nuclear energy by authorizing $55 million per year through 2025 for an advanced reactors technology program, and establish the university nuclear leadership program to develop our future nuclear work force. the inclusion of my bipartisan legislation, the nuclear energy leadership act, in this bill, will facilitate the path to market for advanced reactors, and help the u.s. maintain international leadership in nuclear technology and safety. thank you to chairwoman johnson, to representative lamb, and the science, space and technology committee for working with me on this important legislation and for including the important element of nuclear power in this energy package. i thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time.

the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: madam speaker, i would note to the chair that i have no additional speakers and am prepared to close when it would be appropriate. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. ms. johnson: we have no additional requests for time. i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. as i said in the opening statement as ranking member of the science committee, i'm disappointed we're debating a messaging bill today rather than a substantive bipartisan bill. the kind that we worked on to address clean energy and climate change. i'd like to thank my republican colleagues, energy subcommittee chairman ranking member weber, babin,ubcommittee member members baird, crenshaw and fulcher, and many others for championing energy r&d issues that will cliffer the -- deliver the promise of our clean energy future. it's not too late to make progress. if there's one thing to take away from this, it's that science committee republicans are ready and willing to work

with our shared priorities. so let's set aside this bipartisan message and exercise, start having serious conversations about supporting basic research needed to make real progress in clean energy. i once again urge my colleagues to oppose this legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. let me just simply say, i -- our planet screams out for our help. this is not intended to be a democratic exercise. it is a stand for real need to give attention to the climate change we are experiencing that can only get worse without us doing something. so i extend my hand to the republican members of this committee, to join us and understand that it's not just a political ploy that we're trying to do here.

it is time for us to address climate change. we are suffering too much and losing too many unnecessary -spent dollars dealing with the situation we're in now. the people are depending on us to take a leave -- lead and address the problem. so i plead with you, join with us, this is not partisan. it is to save our planet. i ask you to support this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to clause 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of h.r. 4447 is postponed.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized.

>> thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to recognize the life of james bennett. james was a loved, trusted, compassion nature and hardworking young man. i had the pleasure and honor of knowing him his entire life. james was as gifted athletically as he was academically. a wrestler who notched 95 wins in high school and also selected into the prestigious national honor society and graduated from a university in south jersey. the poftity and the energy that he brought to this world will be missed by everyone. i know that i personally miss him very much. mr. drew: we wish we had more times with you on this earth, mr. james, but we know you are

looking down on your mom and your dad and your entire family and your friends and you are in heaven right now. rest in peace, my friend. and god bless you. thank you, mr. speaker. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2019, the gentleman from texas, mr. roy, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority eader. mr. roy: last week i took on the floor to recognize our important law enforcement community and

what they mean to the american people. and why this body should stand along side behind in defense of our law enforcement community unapoll getically. since speaking on the floor last week, i have been inundated by emails, facebook messages, tweets, phone calls from i think all 50 states. there was a video from the floor of the house of representatives has been seen almost 8 million times. i was blown away and tells you how many americans are just looking for the leadership of their country to stand by and stand along side our law enforcement community. some of the messages we received and this isn't about me or any member of this body, but these

were some of the messages we received. your speech about the 4 officers was moving. my father is a police officer. the world would make me feel as though i shouldn't be proud of that let alone give any support to the police. thank you. another message, thank you for addressing the 43 law enforcement officers who have been killed this year so far. i'm a law enforcement officer wife for over 20 years. my husband is a fundamental human being and law enforcement officer. he spent his life protecting strangers. i won't rant. you know how we are living right now, she said. i just wanted to thank you for being bold and brave. and forward, i don't consider myself bold and brave but share my constituents' disbelief that

this body refuses to take any action to do anything to defend and stand alongside our law enforcement officer community. it is a failure by this body that we have not passed a resolution or joined together or stood on the steps of the capitol and not done a thing to stand alongside our law enforcement community who keep us safe. i think it's an embarrassment that the people's house refuses to do that. another message, i start off saying i'm law enforcement and i thank you for your support. i have watched your c-span videos every time and gets me every time. it is nice to have people backing. again, this is not about me. i wish there were 435 members sitting right here doing that for these people, for those law

enforcement officers. another message, thank you, sir, your speech in the house, we in the nevada patrol were rocked by our first death in 2006. ben jenkins stopped to help a stranded motorist. the motorist pulled out a rifle and shot him in the right shoulder. sergeant jenkins retreated and got shots fired over the radio before he collapsed. the suspect walked up to him as he laid cold on the nevada highway and shot him in the head. he would have helped anyone. he lost his life doing it. your speech was impactful, thank

you for being our voice. i don't know the race of any of these people. i don't. i don't know the race of the officers, i don't know the race of the perpetrators or any other victims. i literally have no idea. but these are people from all over the country, thousands calling in, tweeting in, checking, they are hungry for a body that is supposed to represent them in the people's house to stand up and just say a simple thank you. just say a simple, we got your back. since i spoke just under a week ago, three more officers have been killed in the line of duty. and i read all the names of the 43 who have been killed last week. here are three more. on september 7, investigator a, deputy mario herr

leg rmp s and sergeant on. that means we are up to 46 officers. 53% increase from the same period in 2019. s i said last week, eight were premeditated murder. eight fatal shots, 0-5 feet. eight feet from the front of the head,. we have over 50% of officers killed in the line of duty. the law enforcement officers that represent the thin blue line between us and anarchy. my grandfather is a police chief. i was glad to be assisting the united states attorney working

in the law enforcement attorney. where is the people's house? again, sitting here at 6:23, we had three votes, we marched in here and voted. we don't have any debates. we vote, we clean and stand out on the steps and walk out. and that has been the people's house for the last 190 days. it has been an embarrassment. we haven't passed a p.p.e. extension bill and haven't done the hard work to ensure that our small businesses who are struggling in this environment to survive and we haven't been on the floor of this body engaged in passing a resolution or moment of silence for any member of the law enforcement community. with all due respect to the other side, where is the speaker? where is the speaker of the house?

last thursday after a number of us gave speeches about this issue, after i gave a speech, speaker pelosi came down to the floor of the house and said a handful of words, quote, we support peaceful demonstration. we participate in it. they are part of the essence of our democracy. she went on, that does not include looting, starting fires or rioting. they should be prosecuted. that is lawlessness. well, congratulations to the speaker of the house for recognizing the rule of law. the body that passes laws, the body that represents the people, all 330 million of them, the speaker of that body came all the way down to the floor of the house of representatives to explain to us that she supports the basic fundamentals of the rule of law, but did not say a

word about law enforcement. and backing them up. did not say a word about calling or any fa or b.l.m. other organization that are endangering our communities, wrecking people's lives and putting people in danger and letting people get killed, having officers put in danger. i read through a number of officers who have been killed throughout this process. and what are we doing? what we had a debate back in june when it was politicized. senator scott said said did we have robust debate about that? no. . haven't had a single debate and that is an absolute embarrassment. we have groups of people that sit up in the rules committee and throw down a bill on the

floor and we are supposed to watch down here and push a button and let leadership go out on the steps and give a press conference. how is that representation? where is the speaker? it is not enough to come down and give lip service for 10 seconds about riots and about, those who are lawless but not come down here and actually recognize our men and women in uniform who are servicing us in blue. how about our border control, how about i.c.e.? they like to say defund i.c.e., abolish i.c.e. and will take away resources. have they will walked in the mile of the shoes of the border patrol or i.c.e. that i know on the border in texas, where cartels have operational control

of our border still to this day right now? we just apprehensions about 45,000, the second highest number. and you know why that number is low right now? guess? title 42, protecting our health because of the virus. our men and women on uniform on the border of the united states senching their country, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say abolish them, get rid of them. when they are securing the border of the united states, outmanned and outgunned and can't navigate the rio grande. i want my colleagues to come down with henry cuellar. we have cleared open roads.

why can't we do that? we can do that in a matter of seconds right on this floor and give our border patrol and ice agents the ability to actually stop and stem the tide of the horrors being perpetrated by cartels along our border and we dug our head in the sand and ignored it while little girls get raped and abused on the journey through mexico, where we find stash houses with 50 people in houston, families get held ransome and meth, fentanyl and cocaine pouring across our border while we have been shutting down our way of life causing people to have extreme addictions running up through the gut of mexico rite into texas and what are we

doing? playing politics with our border instead of doing what any sovereign nation would do which is to defend the border of the united states. for the mige grants who are coming here who are being abused and being sold into the sex trade and being held ransome by cartels, there is a bloody civil war going og along the rio grande. and my colleagues on the other side say kids in cages, drinking out of toilets. it is simply not true. i have been to these facilities. we have all been to these facilities. we know it's not true. the speaker knows it's not true yet that is the stated position of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. kids in cages. the very barriers put up by the

previous president and the previous president's administration for what? to separate kids, to separate them from other dangerous individuals who may or may not be their family members. people coming across claiming to be their parents. we don't know. what are we supposed to do? just take them, throw them to the wolves? or maybe we should have a system for trying to figure it out. you go down there and look and see what our border patrol agents are doing and you see what our i.c.e. agents are doing. working hard to try to figure it out. when you have 900,000 people apprehended in fiscal year 2019, i didn't make that number up. this is how many people were apprehended. i'm not talking about the ones who got away. talking about the ones apprehended. coming into our facilities. we had to manage it. where's the speaker? where's the speaker for any member of our law enforcement community on the streets, in any

city in america, federal, state or local, border patrol, i.c.e., where is the speaker? completely m.i.a. wondering around d.c., no doubt raising money for the dccc or another political speech. but sure as heck not here on the floor of the house of representatives standing alongside law enforcement. let's consider the grand successes of this body of the house of representatives under speaker pelosi. proxy voting. for the first time in the history of this body, under the speaker of the house, this body, led by democrats, is allowing proxy voting. for those of you at home, what that means is that you can have member, as has happened, vote from a boat, get on a screen, log in and vote from a boat.

that happened. this body, if you're elected to it, you cannot delegate. that which has been delegated to you under the constitution of the united states, by the people , that sacred obligation to represent them, you cannot delegate that to another. that is plainly and clearly unconstitutional. i look forward to that question getting to the supreme court. i'm proud to be a part of litigating that. and i look forward to getting it to the supreme court so we can actually answer that question. we don't need the court to answer it. this body can answer it. it's plainly unconstitutional. yet for the first time in our history, we have allowed and enabled brocks projectiony voting where a member -- enabled proxy voting where a member of this body can allow somebody else in this body to cast a vote for him or her. for two centuries, through the yellow fever of 1793, which took out 10% of the population of

pennsylvania, the burning of the capitol during the war of 1812, the spanish flu of 1812, both world wars, 9/11, congress never flimplinged from its constitutional duty to assemble in the capital city. 10% of philadelphia in 1793. think about that. wiped out. they found a way to meet. they found a way to carry out their solemn obligation. the speaker continues to refuse regular order. i've always -- i've already referred to that. we bypassed the committee process. block amendments for every bill. effectively shutting out participation for rank and file members. of both parties of the house. just yesterday we voted on a continuing resolution to fund government, $1.6 trillion, ladies and gentlemen, you're sitting back at home, yes, another number stuck in front of $1 trillion. $1.6 trillion. your august body, the house of representative, representing you, had approximately 20

minutes to review the continuing resolution, funding $1.6 trillion of government. busting caps of busted caps already busted. that is your house of representatives, ladies and gentlemen. and i don't think you should accept it. i don't think the american people should accept this level of complete incompetence and disgrace as what we're seeing on the floor of the house of representatives. 2340eu7bs -- 20 minutes. how about that 72-hour rule? we like that? we adopt the rules every time we come into congress, 72 hours, you must have to read legislation, they say. does that ever happen? let's be honest. does that ever happen? no. and when you go home and talk to your constituents, they say, why is washington broken? i say, because we never sit down at a table, roll our sleeves up,

and do the work that you do in your home, that you do in your business, that you do in your nonprofit, that you do in your church. to actually balance your budget. to actually make tough decisions. we never do that. democrats and republicans should be appalled at the way this body has been operating. we should have debate. we should have votes. we should have amendments. what are we afraid of? bring your amendments down. i'll vote. and i'll go face my constituents and explain why. and you know what, they'll be tough votes. and they'll be used against you. and you know what, that's the process. i've already mentioned that the speaker refuses to stand by law enforcement. took months to even come down here to condemn the looting and rioting and the violence and still won't condemn b.l.m. or

antifa. in july the speaker's response to the chaos on the streets was, and i quote, people will do what they do, end quote. well, boy oh, boy, is that blowing the so fsocs off our law enforcement community for getting that from the speaker of the house, that, people will do what they do. they sure will if we don't stand behind our launch community and stand up for the rule of law -- law enforcement community and stand up for the rule of law. the speaker infamously pushed impeachment inquiry without a vote on the house floor for the first time in history. that's played out. i haven't heard much about impeachment over the last seven months. gripped the nation, supposedly. i think it gripped the body. i think it gripped half of this body. we spent six months essentially shutting this chamber down to pursue that inquiry.

and now the speaker's talking about impeachment again. the speaker's refused to condemn the blatant anti-semitism that some in her own party have used, and she herself has referred to republicans as enemies of the people. speaker of the house. the speaker recently referred to the peace agreements, the historic peace agreements, between israel and bahrain and israel and u.a.e., these are massively successful, important peace agreements. she referred to them as distractions. israel, our great ally in the middle east, great agreements, this is historic stuff. there are other countries considering it. why? because we led, we moved our embassy to jerusalem. other countries followed. why? because we took out soleimani.

and what did the speaker do? wanted to condemn the president for taking out soleimani. a murderous thug who targeted american soldiers. it was great that the president of the united states took out soleimani. and now, as i said, the speaker's threatening impeachment 2.0. why? because president trump is daring, hold on, here it comes, daring to do what every president in the history of this country has done when there's a vacancy on the supreme court in the fourth year of their term. every one. 29 times. that the president would exercise article 2 authority nominate an individual to fill a vacancy on the united states

supreme court. r that, for that the speaker is suggesting we should consider articles of impeachment 2.0. it's facialy absurd. it's not an arrow in a quiver. it is absurd. it is an embarrassment to this institution. it is an embarrassment to this congress. we should have an open and vital debate about all of these issues we're talking about. right here. amending, debating, voting. no, no, no. we're going to go rattle about impeachment and give some press conferences. this is just politicizing the process. now, we've seen that before. we've seen this many times before. the politicalization of this process. i was a lawyer on the senate judiciary committee in 2003. i had the great honor and privilege of serving senator

john cornyn. i spent five years as a lawyer on that committee. working on a host of issues. one of the issues i worked on were nominations. you might be asking, who are these two women? well, judge janice rogers brown was, if my memory serves correctly, i don't have any notes, doing this from memory, was a supreme court justice in california who was nominated to the ninth circuit. priscilla owen was nominated to the fifth circuit. now, in 2003, the democrats in the united states senate sought filibuster, is top their nominations. their great crimes -- they were

conservative women. and in one case, a minority conservative woman. those were their great crimes in 2003, ladies and gentlemen, and that is what your democrats in the united states senate did. attacking them, tearing them down, blowing up the very process that people are talking about right now, the confirmation process, they attacked them. these two public servants. i met both of them, very kind and nice people. being ruthlessly attacked for simply being conservative women or conservative minority woman -- a conservative minority woman. can't have that. we can't have those dastardly republicans appointing someone whodunit fit the narrative -- who doesn't fit the narrative by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.

but yet that's precisely what happened in 2003. what have we seen since? we saw the complete horror show that was the kavanaugh hearing two years ago. an utter disgrace by senate democrats. i also remember the 2005 confirmation of sam alito. i also was there for the roberts confirmation. ask justice alito's lovell wife, martha an -- lovely wife, martha anne, about how she feels the way her husband was treat, attacked, torn down, vilified through his confirmation proceedings by senator schumer. it was vitriol ic. -- vitriol ic. it wasn't just highlighting difference of views or judicial philosophy, it was targeting him personally and attacking. but that is the playbook that i have to suggest is the routine

playbook for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle in the united states senate. and of course that wasn't the first time. we all know in 1987 there was a new verb in the lexicon of the confirmation process. called borking. because judge bjork was borked. they took down judge b -- judge bjork. what was his great crime? he was a constitutional conservative, he was a constitutionalist. that was his great crime. four years later for justice thomas in his own words to receive a high-tech lynching. watch the video, ladies and gentlemen, it's on my twitter feed. you can go find it, google it.

go watch the great biopic. you can go find that on pbs. the great documentary on the life of clarence thomas, who was born into relative poverty in savannah, georgia, was raised by his grandfather, read his book, my grandfather's son. a life overcoming ended upup at yale and at the supreme court. at his confirmation hearings, what did he say, he said this isn't worth it at the court. his character was being assassinated. he said the supreme court isn't worth it. but you know what was worth it and the reason he shoved it right back down the throats of the members of the senate judiciary committee including joe biden, because it was his character, it was his name, the

name that he inherited and he had from his grandfather who loved him and raised him. it was his name. and he brought that senate judiciary committee to its knees. he has been an slept justice on the united states supreme court and did not deserve the attacks he got. let's talk about to the left and justice thomas, miguel estrada. anybody know that name? remember that name? he is a good human being, a good man. he was also a nominee in the bush administration in 2003. during that same time i was escribing, and there are others, i think there were 50 that were filibustered in that

time. i can't remember. you know why he was filibustered? a deal was cut. miguel estrada was not so fortunate. miguel estrada was targeted and stopped precisely because he is hispanic. that is a known truth in washington d.c., but nobody talks about it. you know why? because there were concerns about how a leaked memo was found on his server. the stuff that would be great for ethics classes, whose folders are open. a reasonable debate. but the fact of the matter is, there was a memo by senate democratic leadership saying, we must stop him because he is a hispanic. ladies and gentlemen who are

watching this, this is what is wrong with washington d.c. and what are we going to transpire in the coming weeks? i hope we have a great celebration of justice ginsburg's life this week. obviously it has transformed very quickly into what's next, but i hope we stop and celebrate. but as we go forward, we know what's going to happen. we know as sure we are sitting in, as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow. it doesn't matter who the president nominates. he or she will be attacked viciously, violently. we certainly know that if judge barrett is nominated, she will be attacked viciously, her faith

will be attacked viciously, the fact that she is a proud mom to i think seven who i think two are adopted, she will be attacked for her faith. and why is this? it is because we have made washington d.c. and its institutions too son sequential to the lives of americans in a country where we are supposed to live freely. we have taken issues that you are supposed to work out at the state legislature and local level and at most in this body in this chamber, in the senate and we place them into the hands of nine judges. so now every june, everybody waits with baited breath outside of the supreme court chamber qua

great pronouncements shall come down on high. why do we choose to live that way? why don't we choose to make decisions in this body? why don't we the people of this body make article 1 great again? why don't we make congress work again? i introduced legislation a year and a half ago called the article 1 act designed to take power away from the president and expand the power here in times of emergency so you can't have situations like we have now where over the last 0 years, vast numbers of emergencies have been perpt tall and still give them the power to operate. that is absurd. why don't we fix that? i have had conversations with colleagues on the other side of

the aisle who are interested in doing that. why isn't the speaker? i did it with a republican president in the white house a proposition with which i agree not just a little, but strongly. it is our job to secure the border of the united states. i fully support the president of the united states. i fully agree it is an emergency and we need to stop the cartels. and we need to protect the mige grants. and it is in the best interest of the people of the united states for us to have a simple, secure border. no one can logicically disagree with that statement, by the way. but we don't deal with logic, we deal with grand statements and allegations of kids in cages. but why don't we have a debate. this republic cap introduced legislation in the time of a republican president that would

pull power back from that republican president because i believe it is in the best interest of this body, this chamber, the house of representatives. why don't we do it? do it now, i say to my democratic colleagues. don't wait to do it when there is a democrat in the white house. let's do it now. it's our job to make article 1 great again. why do we turn virtually all of our power over to courts and executives? we see it unfolding before our very eyes in the course of this pandemic. what are we doing with respect to the pandemic? what are we doing with respect to covid? we launched a $2 trial yop missile in april and then we walk away. now we have executives around the country who are making all sorts of decisions irrespective of what their state legislatures

might be doing. we have a lot of power being executed in our article 2, without any checks or balances here because we are not doing our job. let's have those debates. t's bring scott at last, fauci, birx, host of other doctors and bring them before this body, not in some rapid om committee with a handful of people on it on a zoom call, bring them before this body and let's hear from them and let's cross-examine them and let's understand what's at stake. and let's make good decisions based on that and make sure the american people know the facts. i happen to be one of those people that believes we take this virus. my 77-year-old father survived

polio and 71-year-old mother who i want to protect from the virus. we causing the american people harm? they are not getting cancer screenings, addictions are up and we bury our heads on the other side of the aisle and they scream 200,000 and they think it is an argument, when it is not an argument. it is a irresponsible argument to scare people for political purposes and that's what my colleagues on the other side are doing. why don't we have a debate and have a discussion and bring people forward and determine the facts and share those facts so we can open our society up again. properly, wisely, but open.

i'm always mystified i see people talking about we need to be locked down. i saw dr. fauci drinking a bottle of water. starbucks e drinking coffee and tacos. who made it? who distributed it? who brought it to them on a sushside service and who brought them their latte and who is making their electricity run? essential workers? o are fine and endangering essential workers and food service. so that some people can pat themselves on the back by saying lockdown. let's study the data.

there are reports, brown university showing a relative low transmission rate for some kids in college in schools. let's study that data and look at how many are hospitalized and how we are going to achieve immunity. it might be a vaccine. it might be some of the healthy members of society continue to engage and buildup immunity. that's what we do for other things. let's talk about that instead of scaring the heck out of the american people. is no way for is us to do our job. our job is to represent each and every american and to be here and debate and to vote. i'm go to go say it one more time, with all due respect to the speaker of the house, i

cannot for the life of me understand why this body cannot meet and stand up for our law enforcement. i cannot understand why this body cannot meet, debate and vote on a p.p.e. extension bill or another form of that kind of legislation to make sure our small businesses can survive. the restaurants, the music venues, the wineries, barber shops, hotels, all of the entities that are struggling to survive right now throughout this country, where are we? we have been back now after a --ish, us for 10 days not really. we got next week. what are we doing? let's pass that. let's stand up with law enforcement. let's pass a bill to protect our

small businesses. let's do the basic duty that is incumbent upon us as members of the united states house of representatives to represent the people who are asking us to do those things. it's our job. we're asking millions of americans to do their job, while we completely and totally fail to do ours. $27 trillion in debt about to jump to $30 trillion and walk around here like nothing's going on. drugs and narcotics come across our southern border and we don't do anything about it. law enforcement on the streets targeted, buildings getting burned, streets and unrest and

oing nothing about it. mr. speaker, i'll close by just saying, it is an honor to serve in the house of representatives, but this body has got to do better and time tore this body to do its job and time to stand up for america. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. roy: i would move to adjourn, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 4-b of house resolution 967, the house stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m. for morning

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live look now at the u.s. supreme court were justice ruth bader ginsburg is lying in repose. the former justice served on the high court since 1993, and she died last friday at the age of 87. her body will remain at the supreme court today until 10:00 p.m. eastern and again on thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on friday, justice ginsburg will become the first woman ever to lie in state at the u.s. capitol.